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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
SQUID FISHING

only the very darkest nights are selected
ny me Chinese fishermen in which to catch
Inc singular fish that the heather nrize 40
a,ehly as an article of food. The squil is
ABOUT eight inches in length and almost
transparent. They are caught in the fol-
owing manner: When the night is very
dark the Chinese 20 out some miles in the
oay ana then build bright fire in pans
ano s.atlon them in the bow of the boat,
ana 'ne hsh being attracted by the glare
swarm around the boats and are gathered
~ WIN scoop-nets by the ton. They are
taken home and the women and children
give them lick and promise" in the
way OF cleaning and spread them on
oo"ras on the top of the houses, and out in
the helds, where they are dried. The fish
are 'nen packed and shipped to San Fran
CISCO ana to China, where they are consid-
ereo great delicacy.-lfonterey Argus.
sEiNLEI7s TWENTY T1InEE Vo1Y,1yRs.
H. NJ Stanley, the explorer, gives Wales
as vide berth as he possibly can. 1t is
alleged that COOL many years ago, when
ne was only eighteen inches long, he was
found lying about loose in Welsh village
with only paper bag around him, and the
local Bundle took him to workhouse,
"here he grew up under diff ,ulties. There
We're no particular points about him in
those days, and he squalled just like any
other common baby. For all practical
purposes his name might just as we'll have
been links. Since he has become famous,
however, twenty-three snuffy old Welsh
women, with names ranging from Jones to
Grifiiths, have claimed him as their son,
and he has grown tired of the amusement.
South Wales Bulletin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
The Ladies' Fayorite.

The newest fashion in ladies' hats will
doubtless cause tlutter Of pleasurable excite
sus,cep ible to the changes Of fashion plate;
and the more startling the departure, the more
earnest the gossip over the new mode. Dr..
Pierce's Favorie Prescription is positive
cure tor the ills which af1lict fem,fes and
make their lives miserable. This sovereign
ments and all functional derangemens II
builds up the poor, haggard and dragged out
victim, aud gives h.r renewed hope and a
fresh lease of life. 1t is the only medicine for
Woman's pecu lar weaknoss and ailments sold
bi,y druggists, under positive guarantee from
!he manufactures. that it will give satisfaction
IN every case, or money refunded. Read
printed guarantee on bottle wrapper.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

Aunt Polly Harris was the VILLAGE ,r,,,,,
er%oman' old and ugly and wrinkled
ana she lived alone in a little Nom
house by the stream. ''A
There, that's all rigLt!" whisnered
=. yohn, as he set the box gently down on
.he STEP and went away. Jennie laid
'lie paper box on top of the wooden
one 0 "o0oen
=, Les look in the window first" she
whispered. Yes, there she is, reading
.aae blg book. I guess it's a Bible
How old and mean everything looks!
Le rap, and come here and watch
She can't run" ''
Back they stole, hand in hand to
give timid knock at the rickety door
lhen' before Aunt Polly could open it,
'ney We're peeping through the window
again. -|@'"
There, she's got it, and she's pulled
the big box in and shut the door. i" whis-
pered May.
And she's put on her glasses and is
taxing the things out of our basket-O
May Winslow, sure's you're alive she's
crying over that sugar heart! What
shall we do?"
On, dear! what shall we do?" and
the tears blurred Jennie's bright ewes
SO she could see no more.
"Come!" cried May, Selling her hand,
IN tell her we're sorry" Two timid
little hands opened the rickety door,
two shrinking little figures crept to-
ward Aunt Polly, and two sorrowful,
tear-stained faces were uplifted to hers.
Please, marin, we didn't mean to
make you cry" sobbed Jennie.
You little dears was it you?n cried
Aunt Polly, as she wiped away their
tears and covered their rosy faces with
kisses. Then she took another sugar
heart from the bureau-drawer, and told
them why she had cried; how many
years ago, she, too, had little girl to
love her; how she used to hang her
June boxes just as they had done; how
the fever came. and she died; and then
she showed them crumpled, faded
boX-the last one she had ever hung,
and the sugar heart that had been in it.
And you thought enough of the old
woman to hang her June box?" she
said, again and again, as she 11npacked
the box. "Bless your little hearts!"
I'm so glad we did It'll" said May
as they went homeward through thy
darkness.
"Of all the June boxes I ever see
hung that was the queerest," said John,
as he trudged along behind them like a
great mastiff. II never see folks go
right into the house afore; and I'll bet
I've caught the rheumatics awaiting"
Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
Don't Laugh at Nervous People.

Their sufferings arc very real, although you,
with your vigorous physique and strong nerves,
can scarcely believe it. Rather suggest the use
of Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which, i'll re-
moving every trace Of dyspepsia, and regulating
the liver and bowels, strikes at and extirpntcs
the most prolific cause of chronic nervous
trouble. That nerve shattering disease, fever
and ague, is among the formidable ailments.
to the removal OF which this genial remedy is
specially adapted. Nervous prostration, re-
sulting from prolonged mental or physical eff
fort is also state Of the system where the in
tervention of this tonic is very desirable, more
particularly as its use is to quiet aud relax the
tension Of overweight nerves. The Bitters are
invaluable in rheumatism, neuralgia, and kid
ney troubles. Employ no substitute for it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
4 GIRL OUTSHOOTs -1DUKE.

The Grand Duke Michael, of Russia, is
a great and generous patron of everything
connected with sport. Only day or two
ago he asked to be allowed to enter into
competition with Miss Annie Oakley at the
Wild West show, which permission was at
once accorded. But, although the prince
made fairly good score, it showed but
poorly in comparison with that of his fair
competitor, and he retired from the con-
test abashed but firmly convinced OF the
superiority of American markswom IN over
Russian amateur lady shots. London
Evening Meas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
TIE DEADLY MOSQUITO.

An observer states that while sitting by
inc Tumichie creek in Gunnison valley,
Colorado, where the water was clear and
shallow, he saw number of newly Matched
mountain brook trout swimming about.
When one of these came 10 the surface of
the water amosquito would fly ut him and
drive his trunk into the little creatures
brain. When the mosquito flew away the
little fish turned over dead. In the course
OF half an hour some twenty trout
were killed inIthis way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
TIE EFFECTOF A ROOM.

A Dakota young lady was visiting q
friend in the east who had visited her in
Dakota last summer.
'You don't know how miss our lovely
Dakota moonlight" said the territorial
maiden.
Don't you think the moon is as nice
here as at your homer" asked her friend.
ooh, it isn't half SO lovely. You ought
to see tits perfectly elegant and makes
it almost as light as day.
II did see it last summer, and it didn't
seem to me to be any brighter than it is
here"
ooh, we'll, last summer OF course it
wasa't but you ought to see it this summer
since the boom struck our place! 1t is fifty
per cent. righter."-DakotG Bell
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

mountains?" "we did, and the bears got
my little skye terrier" and the summer
oetore that we went to the sen shore and
so' Died by the mosquitoes and the land
iofo! Yes" "And the sumner before
mat We went into the country and the
cn'ldren were laid up all summer with ivy
poison?" Il remember" IF I felt as
strong as used to I'd like first rate to take
a vacation this summer, but I'm feeling
Kind of weak and listless, and I'm afraid I
couldn't stand it. Lets stay home and rest
this year. "-Brooklun Eaale.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
lI1E 1iFRIC.lN DESERT.

If the wilderness" in winter offers
many attractions, it is quite the reverse
with the "atmoor," as the Arabs call the
utterly barren kind of desert. This is
truly the ideal desert, consisting mainly
of hard, gravel plains, diversified by
zones of deep sand, rocky ridges, some
times Of considerable altitude, and
rugged defiles. It is absolutely desti-
tute of all vegetation and consequently
of animal life. Only the ostrich and
hyena cross it swiftly by night, and the
vulture hovers over the caravans by
day. Not a tree, not bush, not q
blade of grass relieved the glare Of the
sunlight upon the yellow sand. No
one can resist the solemn impression of
deep silence and infinite space pro-
duced by the desert. When night has
come, and the soldiers and Bedouins
are asleep in their bivouacs, walk away
under the unequalled African moon be-
You'd the first ridge Of sand and rocks.
Around you stretches boundless sea-
like horizon. The sand CLEANS almost
as white as snow. Not q sound falls
upon the ear, nor the mumur of q
breeze, nor the rustic of leaf OF grass,
not the hum Of the smallest insect. ST.
lence-only silence-as profound as
death, unless it is broken by the howl
of a prowling hyena, or the distant roar
of the king of beasts. Within the linn
its of Egypt and the Soudan these dcs-
olate atmoors extend over three-quarters
of million Of square miles, never
trodden by the foot Of man. Only q
few caravan trails cross them in their
narrowest parts, with scanty wells at
long intervals; and the necessities of
trade can alone account for their being
penetrated at all. They are like
oceans, where caravans pass each other
in haste like vessels at sea. The
are perfectly terrible, and yet
it is worse to halt during the day than
to keep in motion, for the heat makes
sleep or rest impossible, even under
canvas. With the burning sand under
your feet and the vertical sun over
your head you are as between the lids
of an oven. In summer the thermom-
eter rises to $50 and 100 degrees. The
air that blows feels as if it had just
passed through furnace or brick
kiln. Over the plains it quivers visi-
bly, in the sun, as if rising from a red
hot stove, while the mirage mocks your
senses with the most life-like image Of
lakes, ponds, and ripping waters. No
more laughter or merriment along the
column now. Soldiers and campbell
lowers protect themselves as best they
can with turbans and blankets, bring
inc over all the hoods of their cloth
capotes, leaving only a narrow aper-
ture just enough to see; while, strange
10 saw, the Bedouins stride along on
foot. bareheaded, and almost naked,
without appearing to suffer any great
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
,u,a Funny Things to In
terest the Little
Readers.
ru51 DREN MUST BE AMUSED.
, Interesting and Instructive Article on
How tc Write-7he Story Of
q June Box.
1Io,c to Uritc.

The first thing in writing is to have
|mething to say. Now everybody can
| TX. or nearly everybody; and it is
|sasant to sit and chat with friend
nut the weather, and the fashions,
kavhat Mrs. Milligan had for dinner
il all this talk was printed in q
| l. YOU wouldn't care to read it. So
ere is a difference between speaking
| a writing. If you expect people to
|aa what you write, it must be some
linz moro interesting than common
kk. I don't say the words must be
prer and more high-sounding, I don't
/ anything yet about the words; I
vent got to that. I only say that the
beet must be more interesting than
binary gossip. Or, if you are going
write about common things, you
,st be able to tell more about them
an most people know. You can
/ lite about the weather if you have
etched it carefully for ten years, and
! rcd out doors most of the time, where
bu could notice a great many things
! at other people never see about the
|ouls. and the stars and the winds.
|ut il you haven't had this experience,
Fnt try to write about that subject.
Never try to write at subject you
J 1's know anything about; and never
to write at what everybody knows
lsbout already. Write something
e7. All! That is the hard part of it;
baal something new to write about;
bnething that you know all about, and
Fboly knows anything about. You
ast keep your eyes open, and perhaps
(a will see some things that no one
Ee ever noticed, or perhaps you will
fink the same things that others have
ought, only they have never expressed
Fir thoughts. In any of these cases
may have something to say that is
(rth saying.
But don't imagine that people will
VI what you write if you go to say
the same old things over again, in
same old way that they have read
read until they are tired of them.
tell you ono thing not to do. When
read story or poem that you
pix is bright or beautiful, don't say
Eourself: ooh! I'll go and write
fething just like that" Don't try
write anything just like somebody
f, If you have any ideas of your
p, write them; and then you must
Ike practice OF reading good deal
|the best books, from which you will
whether they have said the same
|nss you have, just as man who has
PIE fruit to sell will look around lin
market to see if the market isn't
(eady full of the fruit. Treasure
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
----------------
The story 81 q june BOG.

4 tell you what, May Winslow, les
f9s Aunt Polly a June box!" cried
NILE Collins, as they sat upon the
pr IN the dusty garnet making May
Fl:ets.
Well, les do" answered May, as
shipped away at the paper feathers.
Ae Is SO old and homely and lone
Ee"-
And nobody to love her, either, F"
Iesfupted Jennie. Lies make it this
day" and les go and ask mamma
saow us. She knows a lovely way
'9ld them" Then they rushed
EAstalrs to find Mrs. Winslow.
Better give her new dress, or tea,
sugar, OF flour, said that lady.
D15-but this wouldn't hold it, said
Flie' as she held the dainty box upon
finger
VI course not, laughed Mrs. Wins
| You would have to have large
'oen one. l'll get that all ready
'oa' and John can carry it to the
NOW, May Winslow," said Jennie,
'eS again sat upon the garnet floor,
very nice to give her something
'ul, but don't you s'pose she'd like
s'lilhg that-that wasn't useful,
Don't you s'pose she'd like taffy
"aple-sngar hearts, when she
any one to love her?"
VI course" answered May, soberly,
she fastened the rainbow-hued
s'isf to the dainty box, "and we'll
Aer this one just the same"
le flrst night of June was dark and
, uy enough. "Just the night for
whispered May, as they followed
III silence, as he splashed through
A'aa with a box upon his shoulder.
'"0, hox was calico and tea and cof-
s1' sugar enough to last the old
hearty d, year.
:. sne dainty paper box under Jen-
L. ,'a"l were tahy and q delicious
~ Aeart tied with blue ribbon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
HE W4S 4 Gone SUCKER.

Mamma" said q young hopeful Oh
Clinton avenue yesterday, what is gone
sucker?"
"a gone sucker, my child" responded
the fond mother, rather puzzled, is very
bad boy"
That night, when the clio hing Of the
little fellow had been removed and he was
engaged in his usual duplication to the
Throne, he said:
and, oh, Lord, bless papa, mamma and
me, for you know, Lord, I'm q gone
sucker. "-Brooklyn Standard Union.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
Prof. Loisette.s Memory Discovery.

No doubt can be entertained about the value
and genuiness Of Prof. Lo settles Memory
system, asst is SO strongly recomme nded by
Mark Twain, Mr.: Iroctor, Hons. W. W. Astor,
Judah Z. Benjamin, Dr.. Buckley, and hers
For full dotai send for Prof. L q prospectus
at 237 Fifth Ave, New FORK From it tie Sys.
TEN is taught by correspondence quite as we'll
as by personal instruction. Colleges near New
York have secur> d his lectures Heia had
lUo Columbia aw students, two classes of 200
each .a at Yale, 200 at Merden, $50 at Norwich,
4o0 at wellesley College, and 400 az University
OF Penn. We cannot conceive how system
could receive any higher Endorsement
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

IT is now conclusively proven that cells
for the most part live on flies. They are
also spawn destroyers and an enemy to all
game fish.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
The Cutest; Little Things.

"Cute!" he echoed. "Well, don't know as
the adjective would have occurred 10 me in
just that connection. But if you mean that
they do their work thoroughly, yet make no
in s shor nre oSeyhng sat p ous
be, ana nothing that it on hit not, then agree
that Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are
about the cutest lit 9 things going!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
Good for Hard Workers.

It'll fully claimed and pretty we'll sustained
that hard workers can accomplish almost twice
as much and save themselves from illness and
loss of time if they take eight cents worth per
day of the extract of the Moxie Nerve Food
Plant now creating 80 much discussion. The
dealers say its sale is the largest ever known
If nervous woman gets hold of bottle she
gets the whole neighborhood to talking about
It, and woman's curiosity has to be grat:fed
If it costs the price of bonnet
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
INNOCUOUs DEsUETUDE

This is the time of year when the snow
shovel, bedecked with cob webs sits in the
cellar window and leers at the lawn mower
as it rattles painfully over the places where
the grass has been kept off.-Bwlington
Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
4 PLACE OF REST.

Where shall we 90 this summer, dear?"
asked Mrs. Flyaway. well, let's see, re-
piled her husband; "last winter we got ma
laria in Florida?" Eyes, and the alligators
got your pointer dog" "And the preced-
ing summer we got the rheumatism in the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

Young Wife-"I took great pains with
that cucumber salad, John, and I hope
you enjoyed it"
Husband (anxiously)-"I'm afraid. my
dear, that I took great pains with it, too"
--Ne,v York Sun,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

RECENTLY pauper died in the St.
Petersburg aims house whose health was
good up to the age of 118, and whose death
occurred at 122.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

SOME men are, in regard TO ridicu!e,
like tin rooted buildings in regard to hnil;
all that hits them bounds rafting off not
stone goes through BeecAcr.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
Il LIBER4L YOUNGSTER.

Doctor-s'Now, my little man, you take
this medicine and I'll give you cents"
Young America-"You take it yourself
and I'll give you cents better.'-Lte.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

A NOBLE nature can alone attract the
noble, and alone knows how to retain them.
Goethe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

THE Frazer Axle Grease is better and cheaper
than any other at double the price.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

Such as thy words are, such will thy
affections be esteemed; and such will
thy deeds as thy affections, and such
thy life as thy deeds.-Socrates.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

ASK your shoe and hardware dealers for
Lyons Heel Stiffeners; they keep boots and
shoes straight
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

TIE best cough medicine 10 Piso's Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. csc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

LOUIS LoRR1L1ARD is having plans pre-
pared for another steam yacht.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
EARLY IN THE SEASON.

Mild, soothing and healing is DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09

The smallest act of charity shall stand
us in great s!ead.-ANerbury.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-09
CURES ALL. HUMWRS,

from a common Blotch. or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula; Salt-rheum, +" Fever-sores,'
caused by bad blood are conquered by this
powerful, purifying. and invi%oratng nedi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
Tested its potency in curing -1cttcr Eczema,
Erysipelas, Boils garbuncles Sore Eyes Scrof-,
ulous Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Disease,
White Swclings" Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged GLANDS. Send ten cents in
stamps for lnrge Treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount.
for q Treatise on scrofulous Affections.
"FOR THE BLOOD IS TFsE LsFE.'v
Thoroughly cleanse it by using DIR. Picrce's
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits. vital
strength and bodily hCalth will be established,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
They Found His Horse.

Last winter a Detroit doctor went to
the police with the complaint that some
scamp had taken his horse and buggy
from in front of a patients house and
driven it around town for several hours
and then left the rig in the suburbs.
The guilty party was not discovered,
and one night about a month ago the
same thing was repeated. This time
the doctor was so mad that he not only
went to the police, but gave the infOr-
nation to all his friends and offered
S25 for the arrest of the scamp. Re-
Gently the doctor was called to see a
s ok man in the country. He went out
Woodward venue three miles and
then turned off and drove a mile and
a half further. He hitched his horse
under a tree about ten rods from the
gate, and the animal vas whisKing
away at the first summer flies when a
couple of Detroiters. who had been out
to see a relative On that road, came
along.
"Say, isn't that Dr.. is rlgf''
queried one, as they drew neal.
"Why, of course"
"Some II has been running it of
again."
THAT'S SO. and SO we'll take it IN
tow and return it to him"
They hItched the horse behind their
buggy and logged into The city, with q
feeling that a fellow human being
owed them a debt of gratitude. When
the doctor came out and found his ng
gone he INDUCED in such language that
the wild plum trees shed their bios
SONS, started for the woods, and his
two frieI DIS, who were interviewed after
he had limped back to town, are said 20
be in bed and dangerously ill of nervous
prostration.